"I am told that you are from the United States of America. "
she said with a winning smile, "and I hope that you will have a pleasant
time while you remain with its." She spoke perfect English and informed
me that it was the language of Eurasia, but that it differed from
English used in other countries in one way. "We write the words the way
they sound and eliminate all useless letters, saving a great deal of
time and paper." She informed me that in no school throughout the
country, save one, were the dead, or foreign, languages taught, and in
that one only for the purpose of correct translation in the interest of
science, for practical education is what people need. "We have one great
university for orphan children and those without a name, and from it all
the departments of the government are supplied with secretaries, clerks,
typewriters and messengers, and as they are physically, mentally and
morally trained for the duties of life, they are highly prized in the
matrimonial market. All our common schools have a gymnasium and swimming
tank annexed to the study room; the gymnasium being divided into two
compartments, one for boys and one for girls, with a door from each
communicating with the study room and also with the swimming tank.
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